Whether
you are an experienced inspector who has done thousands of
inspections or you are a new inspector just getting started in the
home inspection business, you will write
better inspection reports and get more business after you read this book.
The techniques
you will learn from the book will help you write better
reports and you will write your reports more efficiently.
Your reports will be more effective than ever before. Your
clients and real estate agents will be happy because they will
be able to read and understand your reports. You will be
happy because you will have happy clients, you'll get more
business, you'll stay out of court, and you'll make more money.
This is not
another course about English grammar and usage! This book is about
report writing techniques, the psychology strategies of report writing, and
the legal aspects of report writing. These are techniques
that you will be able to use on your very next inspection.
Regardless of
how you write your reports, you will be able to use the
techniques you will learn from the book. The techniques
you will learn are not based on the use of any particular brand
of home inspection report software.
Contents
Part 1 – The Fundamentals
Introduction
The Basics
Grammar, Style,
and Usage
Write the way
you talk
Inspectorspeak
The Goal of the
Inspection Report
How Many Pages
Should the Report Have?
Live By the
Sword, Die By The Sword
Who’s Packing
your Parachute?
Do I Need a
Checklist?
Choosing the Right Inspection
Report Software
States With
Special Requirements
Effective and
Efficient
Reduce the
Clutter
Where’s My
Notepad?
Part 2- The Psychology of Report Writing
Introduction
Home Inspection
Report or Home Condition Report?
White Space
The Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly
I Know What I
Know – and That’s OK
Disclaimers - Protect
Yourself Without Scaring the Client
Symbols and
Icons
The Summary
Page
When is a
Summary Page Not a Summary Page?
Part 3 – Presenting the Report
What Was Good
Enough Five Years Ago Isn’t Good Enough Today
The Digital Age
CDs
Presentation
Binders
On-site or
Delayed Delivery
Part 4 – Conclusion and Epilog
When In Rome …
Conclusion
Epilog
Part 5 –
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments: A Who's Who of the Home
Inspection Industry
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